Legal Services Act 2007

81Procedural requirements relating to recommendations under section 80E+W

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(1)A recommendation may be made under section 80 only with the consent of—

(a)the person from whose decisions the appeals are to be made, and

(b)where the recommendation is for an order under section 80(1)(b), the body to which appeals are to be made.

(2)Before making a recommendation under that section, the Board must publish a draft of—

(a)the proposed recommendation, and

(b)the proposed draft order.

(3)The draft must be accompanied by a notice which states that representations about the proposals may be made to the Board within a specified period.

(4)Before making any recommendation, the Board must have regard to any representations duly made.

(5)If the draft order to be annexed to the recommendation differs from the draft published under subsection (2)(b) in a way which is, in the opinion of the Board, material, the Board must, before making the recommendation, publish the draft order along with a statement detailing the changes made and the reasons for those changes.

Commencement Information

I1S. 81 in force at 30.11.2010 by S.I. 2010/2842, art. 2